NY DJ duo Holy Ghost! appear in a jolly mood this evening as they kick off a UK tour supporting Cut Copy. With Alex Frankel acting as frontman drenched in blue light, Holy Ghost! in their full band format launch a drum driven assault on this Glasgow crowd. The crowd is more than in the mood for tonight and you couldn’t ask for a more suited venue for tonight’s events, except possibly the Subclub although you’d struggle to fit this many people in, the DFA duo clearly have high views of the the place: “We usually play Subclub which is our favourite place to play in the world, as DJ’s.”
As a support act Holy Ghost! don’t let down, they may not be in their most comfortable surroundings as a live band but they do more than enough to enlighten the taste buds for what Cut Copy have to offer.
With new album Zonoscope gaining just as favourable reviews as In Ghost Colours did a couple of years back Cut Copy find themselves in that position where people have caught a glimpse of them near the mainstream. Certainly the band’s new wave and disco tinged electronica has it’s eyes on a more popy corner of the market.
As the heat from a brimming Arches hits boiling point the Aussie four-piece cruise through the early portion of there set including track like ‘Nobody Lost, Nobody Found‘ and ‘So Haunted‘ before the tempo is upped with ‘Lights and Music’ as the crowd join in on mass to provide backing vocals.
A quick birthday wish for bass/guitarist Tim Hoey gives the band a quick breather before hitting back into a set of every growing tempo. Vocalist Dan Whitford is visibly drenched in sweat by the time they hit into the bleepy, cowbell adorned house brilliance of ‘Pharaohs & Pyramids‘.
As debut album classic ‘Hearts on Fire’ reaches for the ceiling and the crowd now in full on dance mode it appears tonight can’t get too much better. Unfortunately the band have to be off, a quick encore of ‘Out There On The Ice’ lift every once more and sends them off into the night to find someplace else to dance, sadly there’s no afterparty which is shame as both acts are just as good, if not better, in DJ surrondings.
Words: Iain Dawson
Photos: Stewart Fullerton
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